April 17 | 11:15 a.m. | Join us on Zoom

Join us for the first talk in the lecture series, Caste in South Asia: Past & Present. Dr. Kusuma will address the role of caste in modern India as seen in the debate between Dr. B. R Ambedkar, Indian jurist and the father of the current Indian Constitution, and Mahatma Gandhi. Dr. Kusuma will discuss their debates in the 1930s, Ambedkar's rejoinders to Gandhi, and the relevance of this debate for contemporary India.